👋 Hey, I’m AJ

🚀 Backend Dev | Homelab Tinkerer | Tech Builder

High school dev — building backend systems, automating everything, and breaking stuff until it works again.

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🌐 Connect With Me

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⚡ Rapid Fire

• 💼 Currently working on: A connected suite of apps powered entirely through APIs
• 🧠 Projects: Quizify and a Minecraft SMP network (Velocity + Pterodactyl).
• 🌱 Currently learning: Rust, AI/ML, and low-level systems programming
• 🧰 Homelab setup: Dell PowerEdge R610 running Proxmox + Docker stacks (Coolify, Pterodactyl, n8n, Pi-Hole, Nginx Proxy Manager)
• 💬 Ask me about: FastAPI, Docker, Drizzle ORM, Svelte, SvelteKit, backend design, or server automation
• ☕ Motto: “If it works, don’t touch it—unless I can make it faster.”

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📦 Featured Projects

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